Katherine is a teenager who grew up with her father's loss at a very young age. With her aunt going back to Scotland, she's left alone to take care of her depressed mother. Then finds out she has to put up with her mom's new boyfriend, Derek. He happens to be a total phoney, hating his lover's daughter behind her back: he beats her and treats her in the worst possible ways. Then her mother gets terribly sick. When she thought things couldn't get worst, she loses her best friend, the girl who's kept her going all along. How could she possibly go through another school year now? Then the perfect guy barges into her life and changes everything. Can true love fix her broken heart? Or at least, what she thought was true love... Highest ranking: #352 in Teen Fiction

Everly Winter hasn't had a day without responsibility in years. Between dealing with her newly divorced parents and watching out for a suicidal best friend, Everly never has time for herself. But then Jace Wasson comes along, self-contained and enigmatic. He doesn't give Everly the best first impression, but the two of them just can't seem to stay away from each other. Everly finds herself falling- falling in love with someone who she never expected to like the slightest bit.